World Echinoidea Database - Paraster chargensis (Wanner, 1902) †

Echinoidea taxon details

Paraster chargensis (Wanner, 1902) †

AphiaID

998087 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:998087)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Paraster Pomel, 1869 accepted as Schizaster L. Agassiz, 1835

Synonymised names

Schizaster (Paraster) carinatus McNamara & Philip, 1980a † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Paraster chargensis (Wanner, 1902) †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=998087 on 2025-06-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-06-16 21:25:18Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (1)

original description (of Schizaster (Paraster) carinatus McNamara & Philip, 1980a †) McNamara, K. J. & Philip, G. M. 1980. Australian Tertiary schizasteroid echinoids. Alcheringa 4, 47-65.
page(s): 50-51; figs. 1 A-C [details]

basis of record Smith, A. B. & Jeffery, C. H. 2000. Maastrichtian and Palaeocene echinoids: a key to world faunas. Special Papers in Palaeontology 63, 1-406.
page(s): 336 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality